Tattoo ideas

49,007 photos and flash · 24% Fine line, 17% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Close-up of a forearm tattoo of bare tree roots and a black peace symbol, with a green leafy element at the wrist, worn beside woven bracelets.
Tree roots and peace sign on a wrist
Bold black tribal-style dragon tattoo across the upper back of a woman holding two katana swords, placed on the back.
Tribal dragon across a woman's back
Black ink crown above the word Love in script lettering, placed on a woman's upper chest near the collarbone.
Crown and Love script on upper chest
Colour tattoo of a stylised figure in blue, green and pink wash on the upper back, with small black footprints above it near the shoulder.
Watercolour figure and footprints on upper back
Black script lettering that appears to read Live Fearlessly on the back of a woman's neck, behind her ear, in a lettering style.
Script lettering behind the ear
Solid black blackwork tattoo of a Spartan helmet inside a circle with splatter marks, on a lower leg.
Spartan helmet in a circle on a calf
Colour tattoo of black-eyed Susan flowers and a central flower filled with the Maryland flag pattern, botanical style, on a person's shoulder and upper arm.
Black-eyed Susans and Maryland flag on a shoulder
Small solid black star tattoos running along one finger of a hand with red nails, a ring and a wristwatch.
Black stars running along a finger
Two black and grey Japanese style tattoos on the top of a pair of feet, one showing a rat and the other a cat and snake, both set among clouds.
Rat and cat with snake on feet in Japanese style
Black and grey fine line tattoos of dots, dashes and simple symbols across the fingers of a hand, shown in a black and white photograph.
Small dot and dash marks across fingers
Forearm tattoo of an ornate skeleton key with grey scrollwork, a teal infinity symbol and a grey leaf motif, photographed against a black background.
Key and infinity symbol on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a vintage car front with a ribbed grille and headlights, above a banner reading DAD, on a limb.
Vintage car with DAD banner
Colourful painterly hummingbird feeding from a yellow flower, tattooed across a person's upper back below the shoulder blade.
Hummingbird and flower on upper back
Close view of a colourful traditional-style tattoo of a figure with red flowers on the outer forearm of a woman wearing a pink t-shirt and black leather skirt.
Colourful figure tattoo on a forearm
Black lettering reading "contribute to the chaos" above a small colour knife tattoo with a red handle and green blade on a forearm.
Contribute to the chaos lettering with knife on a forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a skull with clock hands and Roman numerals across the upper arm.
Skull and clock on upper arm
Thin black script tattoo reading Believe on the inner wrist, shown beside ripped blue denim.
Believe script on the inner wrist
Black and grey traditional tattoos on a man's upper arm and chest, including a panther head, a snake coiled around a woman's face, a cross and a stag head.
Traditional panther, snake and stag tattoos on arm and chest
Black and grey traditional style flash design of an anchor, a sailing ship, two pistols, roses and banners reading Loose Lips and Sink Ships, with no body placement shown.
Anchor, ship and pistols traditional flash
Black dotwork ouroboros, a serpent eating its own tail forming a braided-looking ring, on the upper back of a woman with dark hair.
Ouroboros serpent on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a stylised woman's face with flowing hair on the inner forearm of a seated person in denim shorts.
Line art face tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey portrait of a woman with red lips and red splashes, a neo-trad style tattoo on a forearm.
Woman's face and red splashes on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a brown Bigfoot figure walking past a pine tree, a log and a pine cone, with a spider and a skull at the edges of the photo.
Bigfoot walking through pine trees
Two people stand side by side showing matching black and grey dotwork bird tattoos running from the upper arm to the forearm, with a chest tattoo visible on one of them.
Matching bird tattoos on two arms
Black and grey drawing of a skeletal marching band drum major with a plumed hat and baton, beside lettering reading I am not afraid to keep on living.
Skeleton drum major with lettering
Black fine line tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates, reading 36 degrees 17 minutes 53 seconds N and 92 degrees 20 minutes 21 seconds W, set on pale skin.
Coordinates tattoo in fine line script
Close-up photograph of a small, thin black cross tattoo on the side of a person's ankle, in a fine line style.
Small cross on an ankle
Two-panel photo: a small black cross tattoo on the inside of a wrist, and a fine-line black feather outline with cursive script inside it on the inner arm.
Small cross and feather wrist tattoos
Black and grey realistic portrait tattoo of a woman with curled hair and a cigarette, with ornamental sleeve designs on her arms, on a person's left side ribs.
Realistic black and grey portrait on ribs
Two matching black heart tattoos with three short strokes and a small dash, one on each forearm near the wrist, in a black and white photo.
Matching heart and stroke tattoos on two wrists
Three views of a forearm with a black and grey mountain landscape tattoo above a band of zigzags and black bands, styled in blackwork and dotwork on the forearm.
Mountain landscape armband on forearm
Translucent purple flower tattoo with dark outlines and a long stem, placed on the side of the ribs.
Purple flower on the ribs
Black and white photo of a woman's bare upper back with a small vertical line of lettering tattooed along the spine, placed between the shoulder blades.
Small lettering down the spine
A hand outlines a grey shaded feather design in black marker on translucent tracing paper laid over a wooden table.
Shaded feather design drawn on tracing paper
Colourful neo-traditional sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a blue TARDIS police box, a Dalek and stormy sky with lightning.
TARDIS and Dalek full sleeve
Forearm tattoo of three shaded grey cratered moons over a pink and blue nebula, joined by a thin line with an arrow tip, with a paper design beside it.
Cratered moons and nebula on a forearm
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a pineapple above a pineapple bowl holding a tropical island with palm trees, a thatched hut and a crescent moon, in linework and dotwork.
Pineapple island tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line script reading brick by brick on the upper arm, with the arm raised and bent at the elbow.
Brick by brick script on upper arm
Two thighs in a bubble bath, one with a grey shaded raccoon face inside an ornate scrollwork frame and the other with a colourful animal face framed by flowers and leaves, both on the outer thigh.
Raccoon and floral tattoos on the thighs
Colour tattoo of blue scrolls, green leaves and a red peony on the forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Blue scrolls and red peony on a forearm
Close photo of a fine line black tattoo of angular geometric letter-like symbols on the inner forearm, in a Lettering and Geometric style.
Angular symbols on a forearm
Close-up of two hands held together, with a small fine line black letter K and heart on one finger and a heart and letter on the next, placed on the fingers.
Letters and hearts on two fingers
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading let go let God across the back of a hand's finger, resting on a thigh.
Let go let God script on a finger
Black script tattoo reading Family with the lines Where life begins and and love never ends beneath it, shown on upper back skin in a two-photo collage.
Family script tattoo on upper back
Colour traditional-style pin-up tattoo of a dark-haired woman in a red dress and high heels, draped in an American flag, on the side of the ribs.
Pin-up woman with American flag on ribs
Colourful traditional-style owl tattoo with yellow-tipped feathers, red-rimmed eyes and blue-grey scales, sitting on the top of a foot with small leaves and dots around it.
Traditional owl tattoo on the top of a foot
Black ink lettering design on white paper, with a decorative blackletter-style word surrounded by scrollwork and foliage, beside a fine black pen.
Ornate lettering design in black ink
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on a calf of a stitched scarecrow doll in orange overalls holding a lollipop, surrounded by autumn leaves, bats and sweets.
Stitched scarecrow doll with autumn leaves and candy

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